On which issues relating to firstborns are priests suspected of lying? Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabban Gamliel debate whether priests that are “chaverim” are trusted or not – the debate led to a public humiliation of Rabbi Yehoshua.

If someone knows that someone doesn’t keep a particular mitzva, can one trust them in other areas? Are there particular things they can;t be trusted for or maybe everything? The gemara brings several braitot that discuss the issue of “chaverut” – a type of club that those in it would be very careful about keeping a high level of purity. How does one get accepted into the club? Do talmidei chachamim need to go through a process or do they get in automatically? What about the family of a club member – are they in automatically? What about a married women who was married to a member and then to an am haaretz or vice-versa?

It is forbidden to take money to rule on blemishes unless you are like Ila from Yavneh. What was unique about Ila? On what type of things would one be suspected/not suspected of lying? It is forbidden to take money for judging, testifying, teaching, doing a mitzva like preparing the red heifer waters. So how do people get paid for these things? One who is suspect regarding firstborns, what can one purchase/not purchase from him/her?

Within what time frame does one need to slaughter the firstborn? On what does it depend? What if one determines there is a blemish but he/she was not an expert and on the basis of their determination, the owner slaughtered the animal – is the meat allowed to be eaten if an expert determines after death that there was a blemish? If not, does the one who originally determined it was blemished need to compensate the owner for the loss? If so, how much? If a judge makes a mistaken ruling, is the case reversed? If not, does the judge need to financially compensate for the loss?

At what age of the animal can one give the firstborn to the priest? Until what age? Can the priest work in order to receive priestly gifts as his salary? A levite or a poor person for his tithe? Can someone sell the right to give a particular priest the truma? Would it be the same for other priestly gifts? What differences are there between truma outside of Israel? Are there leniencies? In what areas?

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